Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die

Musings from the Road

De: Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman

Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte

Duración: 4 h y 5 m

Resumen del Editor

In Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, Willie Nelson muses about his greatest influences and the things that are most important to him, and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. Willie riffs on everything, from music to poker, Texas to Nashville, and more. He shares the outlaw wisdom he has acquired over the course of eight decades, along with favorite jokes and insights from family, bandmates, and close friends.

A road journal written in Willie Nelson's inimitable, homespun voice and a fitting tribute to America's greatest traveling bard, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, introduced by another favorite son of Texas, Kinky Friedman, is a deeply personal look into the heart and soul of a unique man and one of the greatest artists of our time, a songwriter and performer whose legacy will endure for generations to come.

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©2012 Willie Nelson (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers

Not Quite What I Expected

I love biographies but sadly, I did not enjoy this one. Don’t get me wrong there were some very interesting facts and I liked hearing about how he wrote a few of his songs. The jokes sprinkled throughout were also pretty good as were many of his rhymes and songs but for the most part, I couldn’t relate too much with this title and wouldn’t recommend it unless you are a die hard fan of either country music or Willie Nelson, which I really am not.

A must listen too for any Willie Nelson fan

Fantastic story and history of the Legendary Red Headed Stranger. You will not be disappointed.

Enjoyable, However....

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Hell yes. All my friends are Willie fans, or else.

What did you like best about this story?

The stories and the jokes.

What didn’t you like about Tom Stechschulte’s performance?

Difficult to keep track of the speaker. He only has one voice.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Smoke and mirrors.

Any additional comments?

The producers would have been wise to use multiple voices.

Loved the insight from Willie Nelson and his famil

Loved the insight from Willie Nelson and his family about his career and life on the road and at home.

True Willie!

He tells it like it is. Funny jokes, sadness and honesty. Looking forward to his next book.

Musings of a Rambling Man

I like Willie Nelson. I find him to be a talented songwriter and country singer. I seems he's had a long and interesting life. However, this is not the best book on his life. This is a rambling saga of thoughts running through Willie Nelson's mind at the time he penned this short book.

I'm at a loss to understand why Willie Nelson did not narrate this book He would have been a better choice to tell his story, rather than the man who was chosen to do it. Tom Stechschulte does a barely adequate job in his narration of Willie's musings. A narrator with an accent closer to Willie's (with a bigger reportoire of voices) might have been a better fit.

I would have liked to hear more about Willie's experiences writing songs, singing, and recording and perhaps more about living on the road. What we get in this books is Willie's thoughts and opinions, with a few stories and jokes thrown in.

Would I recommend this book? Probably not, although there may be some of Willie Nelson's fans who don't want to miss any detail of his life that may find this worth the time and money to buy and read the book. i wouldn't say it was a bad read, just not a lot of new information on the subject or an actual plot to follow.

Loved it. Laughed a lot!

I had the privilege of meeting Annie and the family at Willie's 80 th birthday party, and got to see The whole family perform. Although I worked at the venue, Annie made ME feel welcome, and put her arms around me right away! I love Willie and his family! I loved that this book included chapters written by others like Annie and Luke as well! This book is like a big hug from Willie and Annie! It's a must read!

Not what I expected

This was more a self proclaimed advertisement of Willie's liberal agenda and his views of how a talented song writer subliminally feels guilty to have made so much money using his god given gifts. This may sound harsh but to listen to the "rebel" Willie talk about the evils of sex, drugs and rock and roll, just did not sit right with his life time image of anti establishment. The book was entertaining and had some great plugs for Sirius XM and all of Willies kids.

I love your music Mr. Nelson, but I'll pass on your books.

Don't buy...

What disappointed you about Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die?

Do you want to hear Willie talk about what's on TV? Or random sayings like, live in the now? Or do you want to hear twenty other people that you don't know, write about Willie? This isn't an Autobiography or Tales from the road. It is just randomness.... Do you want to hear his lyrics from songs? Or him repeat the same things over again in diff. chapters? Willie needs to fire his editor and stick to music.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Anything but this. I struggled to finish it.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The narration is fine, it's the subject matter and writer that were terrible.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die?

I would cut about 90% of it. I would keep his past and tales from the road, this would amount to about two chapters.

Any additional comments?

Don't buy this book... if you are curious, go rent it from the library.

Willie's Ramblings

What would have made Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die better?

It would have been better if it had included stories from Willie's life on the road.

What was most disappointing about Willie Nelson and Kinky Friedman ’s story?

I thought this was going to be a story about Willie's life. Instead it's just a series of ramblings from the last year including jokes and pointless musings on buttermilk to plugs for XM Radio.

How could the performance have been better?

It might have been better if Willie read the story. I had to re-listen to numerous parts because I couldn't figure out who was speaking.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment.